Election Day storylines beyond the candidates

... is running against two-term Democratic ... more Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, speaks during a news conference Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Senate Democratic Conference ...

How New York Gov. Cuomo was able to crush Cynthia Nixon in the Democratic primary

... it clear that this is a new day and politics as usual are no longer acceptable," said Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, who heads the mainline Democratic Conference and brokered a unity deal with Klein in April that didn't stave off IDC ...

The day after

New York Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, speaks during a news conference in New York. Photo Credit: AP/Frank Franklin II After Thursday night's massacre of moderate New York City Democrats who caucused with Republicans to help give them a majority in the State Senate, the chamber will definitely tilt more to the left next year.

New York Today: New York Today: Neil Simon’s New York

... fighting, and his father in and out of the picture - would later inspire his autobiographical comedy "Lost in Yonkers," which won a Tony Award for best play and the Pulitzer Prize.) Mr. Simon graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx ...

An appreciation: Neil Simon was a funnyman who pleased himself by going deeper

... anymore, I write plays," Simon once said to me, not long after he had won his Pulitzer Prize, in 1991, for "Lost in Yonkers," the drama of a troubled family presided over by a domineering matriarch. This megasuccessful playwright - a genius of the ...

YONKERS HEROES: Yonkers Police Department’s “Need to Read” Children’s Book Donation Program

YONKERS: Encouraging kids to experience the joy of the written word, members of the #YonkersPD were handing out free story and chapter books to children and their families last week at the Yonkers Public Library Riverfront branch as part of the Department’s Need to Read program.

#NeedToRead is about getting books in the hands of kids, especially families with limited resources, helping to nurture that fundamental skill which contributes to a lifetime of success.

Books are collected throughout the year by the Yonkers Police Department’s Community Affairs Division.

Interested in donating new or used books to this worthwhile program?

Call Community Affairs at (914) 377-7375 to speak with an Officer

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Westchester & Fairfield Cheat Sheet: Tommy Hilfigera s former…

Clockwise from top left: Moby seeks $1.3 million for Pound Ridge home , White Plains Walmart closing could make way for residential project , mansion formerly owned by Tommy Hilfiger hits the market, and proposed housing in Yonkers could restore blighted area . A 4.6-acre Greenwich property that fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger owned until 2006 has hit the market, the New York Post reported.